Bottle-washer.



C. HAMANN.

BOTTLE WASHER APPLICATION FILED AuG.2.1913.

Patented 00h 2,1917.

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BOTTLE WASHER.

APPLICATION man AuG.21.19|3.

Patented Oct. 2,1917.

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CHARLES HAMANN, or BRooKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 27, 1913. Serial No. 786,905.

To all Iwhom t may concern: l

De it'known that I, CHARLES I'IAMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New `York city, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-VVashers, the following being a full, clear, and exact disclosure of the one form of my invention which I at present deem pref'- erable. For a detailed description of the present form of my invention, reference may be had to the following specification and accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of my apparatus;

Figs. 2 and 3 are detail viewsl in elevation showing the manner of'supporting the bottles;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation partly in section and ,Figs 5 and 6 show details on an enlarged scale.

My invention'relates to certain improvements on the bottle-washer of' my Patent No. 1,068,648 of July 29th, 1913, which improvements will be recited in detail.

In the drawings, L represents a vertically disposed main carrier shaft operated by a horizontal drive shaft A which in this case is applied to the upper endv of the vertical shaft L, this being an important improvement over my former machine, wherein it was applied to the lower end thereof. Ro-

tatably mounted on shaft L, is a horizontal table or carrier C on which the bottles are placed, said carrier being rotated by means of gears 1 and 4, attached to the shaft and table respectively, and the intermediate pinions 2 and 3. On this table C are the usual pins P for receiving the bottle, each having a rubber lin for scouring the interior of the bottle as it rotates. I also add, by my present invention, a series of vertical guard rods P1 on the table alternating with pins P and having, each of them, a rubber faced roller Pz at its upper end; these are shown in Figs. 2 and 3. On that part of the table where the bottles are not in contact with the scrubbingI belt the bottles will stand vertically and out of contact with rollers P2 so that the rollers will not interfere with the quick application of the unwashed bottles to the pins P and the removal of the washed bottles therefrom. When, however, the bottles come in contact with the scrubbing belt, the drag thereof causes the bottles to rotate and to tiltk rearwardly as shown in Fig. 3 when they will bear upon the rollers,y which will limit the degree o f tilting and also permit the free rotation ofthe bottle on pin P. By this expedient, in connection with the further improvements I will describe hereafter, I am able to vhandle quart bottles on my machine which waspreviously limited to the washing of pint bottles. ,v

A My improved scrubbing belt is shown in detail'in Figs. 5 and 6. On each of the vertical posts R and R1 is journaled a double sprocket wheel. ,The one on post R is lettered D, D fand comprises an upper wheel D and a similar lower wheel D, the two being secured together by vertical rods Z1 carried on the extremities of the several spokes cl2 which radiate from the hub cl3. A similar double sprocket wheel is journaled on post R1 and the upper wheel thereof (shown in Fig. `5) isA marked D1. Onthe two upper wheels D and D1 runs a sprocket chain while a second sprocket chain runs on the two lower wheels D and D1.' The alternate links g, g, etc., of the upper chain are each'crossconnected with the corresponding link g of the lower chain by a vertical strip each strip being slightly curved as appears in the plan view ofFig. 5. To each' strip w is secured, parallel therewith, the back of a separate `scrubbing brush Gr. By this means I provide a flexible belt composed of a series of rigid brushes, or brush sections, which are jointed together through the links of the sprocket chains. On the vertical post R2 are fixed two brackets S and S1, one above the other, and spaced apart a distance about equal to the width of the scrubbing-belt. Each of these brackets carries a curved car rier-plate S2 which follows an arc concentric with thetable which carries the bottles. On top and bottom of each curved carrier-plate S2 is a series of rollers, those on the upper plate being marked and those on the lower plate 701. The rollers on top of each plate alternate in position with those on the bottom of the same plate and each set forms an arc shapedfroller guide on which the scrubber-belt may travel in a route concentric with the route followed by the bottles on the rotating table or carrier.

The bottles are held in conta-Ct with the scrubbing-brush belt by meansof two over- Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

lapping flatbelts f and fljust as in the machine of my vformer patent aforesaid, the belt f being carried by the pulleys H and FL While the belt f1 ins-carried by the pulleys H1 and F. These pulleys are driven by the sprocket chain Z2, as in my former machine;v s

Which chain also drives the brush-belt as f formerly, but in the present machine the Vertical shaft L (Whereon is the sprocket v Wheel m that drives the said chain' Zn), is

located concentrically with the ytable fC,

instead of being outside of the carrier in Amy former machine. l

In Fig. i 4i there also appears .the usual bottom-.brush lG2 and the `necli-bluish G3 which form no zpart of my Vpresent inyentio'n.

`What l claim as new' and desireto'secure byl Letters Patent is andmeans also loperated said main carrierfshaft for cleaning the eXteriors yof bottles On'said carrier. `3 An metered bottle Washer @Ompllslns a main carrier shaft, means for rotating vthe saine, a. bottle Vcarrier rotatably mounted urorl'secl .carrier Shaft, means `maar@ed br said carrier shaft for r'otatmgsaid carrier, II/eens als@ ,Operated by 'said .mineerder shaft lfor cleaning the exteriors of bottles 9991s ef this ,reservarse @tained for on said carrier, vand means also operated byy the carrier shaft for rotating the bottles. l

4. An improved bottle Washer comprising a main Acarrier shaft, means for rotating the same, a bottle carrier rotatably mounted uponsaid carrier shaft, means operated by said carrier shaft for rotating said carrier,

.a brush vb elt having a portion `travelingfin a .route parallel `with the route of the bottles on' said carrier, means operated by said carrier shaft for actuating .said brush belt, and means also operated 4by the main carrier shaft for rotating .the bottles.I

`5. Animproyed bottle Washer comprising a mainy carrier shaft, .means'foi rotatingthe same, a bottle' carrier rotatable upon said carrier shaft, spacedapart posts rotatably supported abovey said bottle carrier, double sprocket Wheels attached to the respective posts sprocket chainsr connecting the sprocket vWheels of the respective posts, .brush sections attached to said chains, and means operated by said carrier 'shaft Ifor rotating one of said posts.

6.l An improved bottle'washer comprising p a main carrier shaft, means for rotating the same, a bottle carrier rotatably mounted upon said carrier shaft, `.means `operated by said shaft for rotating said-carrier, internal bottle supports mounted upon said carrier, means operated by they main carrier 'shaft for rotating said bottles, and external sup'- ports for the bottles alternating With ysaid internal supports. a K

In. witness whereof I have `hereunto set my hand, before two subscribing ivitnesses, this 26th day of August,

1 oHAnLns nii-MANN.

Witnesses:

. J. .Grumman ,L ERisi/IAIN.

Vfive cents each, by avkrlregssing Vthe Commissioner of vli'jafceiil'ts wasautomeY 

